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    Microfinancing Gives Housing Hope to Residents of Kenya's Slums

    Jun 07, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    ... She saved for five years to make the down payment of 10 percent. Her home is in the suburb of Kaputei, a new development of affordable, ecologically friendly homes that Jamii Bora built from scratch. Community members are helped by some engineering experts, but they do much of the building ...

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    President Bush Drops Veto Threat for Housing Bill

    Jul 23, 2008 02:30 PM EDT

    ... housing and financial markets."The bill, which congressional analysts estimated could cost up to $25 billion, will also allow the federal government to shore up housing lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and will help homeowners get new, more-affordable loans.It gives the Treasury Department the authority to buy ...

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    John McCain Addresses the Housing Crisis

    Mar 27, 2008 08:05 PM EDT

    ... to be able to afford their own home. But in the process of a huge, and largely positive, upturn in home construction and ownership, a housing bubble was created. A bubble occurs when prices are driven up too quickly, speculators move into markets, and these players begin to suspend the ...

  • Here's what's on House Democrats' agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections

    Here's what's on House Democrats' agenda if they sweep to power in midterm elections

    Oct 14, 2026 03:00 PM EDT

    ... healthcare, stop the war, end the tariffs – and investigate Trump Months ago, Jeffries launched five working groups to tackle the affordability agenda focused on healthcare, housing, groceries and goods, gas and utilities, and care-giving. Each group is headed by a progressive and a centrist Democrat — the healthcare working group ...

  • Affordability and accountability top priorities if Democrats take House, Jeffries says

    Affordability and accountability top priorities if Democrats take House, Jeffries says

    Sep 29, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... a top priority. And we have established working groups in five different areas where we believe action needs to be taken on affordability. That's housing, that's health care, that's gas and utilities and energy affordability, it's groceries and goods, and it's caregiving. And we believe ...

  • Bill Pulte 'deeply unqualified' to lead U.S. intelligence efforts, Jeffries says

    Bill Pulte 'deeply unqualified' to lead U.S. intelligence efforts, Jeffries says

    Jun 09, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... can barely survive. That should not be the case in the wealthiest country in the history of the world. So we need to drive down housing costs, drive down the cost of groceries, drive down the cost of utilities, drive down the cost of health insurance, and drive down the ...

  • Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

    Devastating wildfire and homelessness loom over Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass' bid for second term

    May 29, 2026 05:05 PM EDT

    ... s disgusting. We pay with our money to give needles to drug addicts to overdose in front of kids.” Raman has promised to speed up housing construction, bring back entertainment industry jobs and improve street paving and other basic services. Residents are “hungry for a different future for this city ...

  • Tribally owned gas stations offer cheaper fuel as Iran war drives up prices

    Tribally owned gas stations offer cheaper fuel as Iran war drives up prices

    Apr 11, 2026 05:15 PM EDT

    ... in what otherwise would be “food deserts” far from grocery stores. “Sometimes these gas stations and convenience stores are the nearest, best place to purchase affordable food or household supplies,” said Matthew Klas, with the Minneapolis-based consultant Klas Robinson Q.E.D. Klas does market research and consults for ...

  • Group plans $50 million push to make child care a top issue in midterms

    Group plans $50 million push to make child care a top issue in midterms

    Mar 17, 2026 06:30 PM EDT

    ... political action committee, said child care and elder care are important to the affordability conversation, especially as child care costs exceed what families pay for housing. Then there is the pressure on the “sandwich generation,” composed of middle-aged people who are caring simultaneously for their own children and parents ...

  • Analysis of Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Analysis of Trump's 2026 State of the Union address

    Feb 25, 2026 04:49 AM EDT

    ... tonight, the president celebrated this law, the one threatening rural hospitals, stripping health care for millions of Americans, and driving up costs in energy and housing, all while cutting food programs for hungry kids. But here in Virginia, I am working with our state legislature to lower costs and make ...